Alan CockrellAlan Cockrell, a retired commercial airline pilot, previously worked as a certified petroleum geologist in the Gulf Coast oil industry for twelve years. He is author of the nonfiction Tail of the Storm and a novel, The Restless Earth/i>. His essays and stories have appeared in AOPA Pilot, Airline Pilot, Hemispheres, On Guard, Aviation History, and the Huntsville Times. Read More Read Less